Can you go from bf to formula then back to combo feeding?

Dh thinks I’m insane and maybe I am.. I posted earlier about our formula struggles. Lo has a suspected milk/soy intolerance and we switched from bf to alimentum rtf exclusively 3 weeks ago .. I won’t go into the issues we have had from rash, spit up, etc but after 3 weeks he doesn’t seem to be getting much better. I told dh (dear husband) I think we should go back to bf and i would go back on the diet and we could just supplement with formula. He told me I’m crazy and I need to stop changing his diet bc it’s messing with his system. I gave him a few ounces of bm mixed with formula Monday and he’s convinced that’s why he is cranky. I gave it to him bc he has been cranky and I wanted to reintroduce some to help with his pooping issue but now dh (dear husband) thinks breastmilk is the devil. What are your thoughts?

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well i started on september 5th and i got literally 1.5ml total for that enti...

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10/03/2017

well i started on september 5th and i got literally 1.5ml total for that entire day. it took a few days to get going. i think the first couple days i made 1.5ml then 5ml then 8ml etc combined for the whole day. but on september 10th i pumped out 34ml which is a full ounce!

i try to pump every 2 hours as much as i can with 2 kids and an apartment to keep up with. i pump at least once overnight and i also power pump 2-3 times throughout the day (again, as much as the kids will let me lol).

i made a post about it that ive been updating from time to time, just as a way to sort of document my journey. i can bump it if youre interested. im not trying to hijack op. ☺️

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